Mallersdorf
| Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg | ||
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 Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg
Location of Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg within Straubing-Bogen district
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| Coordinates: 48°46′N 12°14′E / 48.767°N 12.233°ECoordinates: 48°46′N 12°14′E / 48.767°N 12.233°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Niederbayern | |
| District | Straubing-Bogen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Karl Wellenhofer (CSU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 72.61 km2 (28.03 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) | |
| Population (2016-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 6,682 | |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 84066 | |
| Dialling codes | 08772 | |
| Vehicle registration | SR | |
| Website | www.mallersdorf-pfaffenberg.de | |
Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany and has around 7000 inhabitants.
Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg is located in the heart of Bavaria in the south of Germany. The medieval cities Regensburg and Landshut are within a 30 km radius and even the major cities Munich (München) and Nürnberg are just around 100 km away.
The town is well known for the Mallersdorf Abbey, which exists since the 12th century. The Franciscan order of the "Mallersdorfer Schwestern" is busy around the world. Also Pope Benedict XVI enjoyed his vacations here.
The history of the village Mallersdorf presumably goes back till the Roman's time, because the first castle, which gave the name "Madilhardisdorf" has been established on the rests of a Roman fort. The name goes back on Mathilde von Lupburg, the 9th abbess of the Reichsstift Niedermünster in Regensburg who owned here vast goods. During the Carolingian's time Mallersdorf belonged to the county of Kirchberg. The counts Heinrich and Ernst donated here a cloister in 1107, which was first mentioned in a document in 1129, with the confirmation of the donation by emperor Lothar III. The Latin school, which was controlled by Benedictine's monks in the cloister of Mallersdorf on the Johannisberg, is provable there from 1109 to 1803 enjoyed a superior call. The significant library was a reason for the national meaning of Mallersdorf in scientific area. The honorary title "sedes sapientiae" (seat of wisdom) testifies this position. In the course of the Säkularisation the cloister was converted into an agriculture with brewery. The library, as well as valuable sacred objects was brought to Munich. The cloister found out a resurgence in 1869 as a franziscan order, the "Sisters of Mallersdorf" established her mother's house there.
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